CVE-2014-6418

high

Published 2014-09-28 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.1

Description

net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3, does not properly validate auth replies, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data from the IP address of a Ceph Monitor.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`3.16.3-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`3.16.3-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`3.16.3-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`3.16.3-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`3.16.3-1`
linux-kernel		affected	`3.2.64`
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	14.04	affected

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.